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>> March 20, 2012

These compilations with information of Asian Indoor records + best performances and event leaders (as at 18 March 2012) was provided by Asian AA statistician Heinrich Hubbeling for AdrianSprints.com. Click the link below to download;

>> March 19, 2012

38th edition of Singaporean Junior Athletics Championships was held at Bishan Stadium, Singapore on the 16th and 18th of March 2012. Several records were renewed in the meet with participants of Singaporeans and athletes (unspecified) based in this country (including several athletes from Malaysia). Summary (best performances) as below;

>> March 18, 2012

Nearly one thousand athletes from more than 20 local clubs participated in the Jawa Timur / East Java (JATIM) open athletics meet that was held at Sidoarjo, East Java Indonesia in March 15th -17th, 2012. As in the previous years, this meet offers high value cash prize to athletes who makes remarkable performances. Sprinters who break the 10s barrier in the 100m would be awarded 1,000,000,000.00 Rupiah (or USD 400,000.00), but if that target so crazy then half prize given when registering below 10.10s. These grants applied to women who run below 11.00s and 11.10s respectively, and to some other events. All winners and best results are as follows;

FTAAA / Milo All Comers Athletics Meet & SUKMA Trials 2012 was held at training track of national sports council, Kuala Lumpur during March 17th to 18th, 2012. The best performance in the meet was triple jumper Noor Amira Mohd Nafiah who recorded a fast time in the women's 100m, clocking 11.83s (w/s +2.4), which was made a few hours after registering 13.17m in the triple jump. Several quests from Medan/Indonesia who are based/training in Kuala Lumpur competed under local team. First three results as follows;

-note: in this meet, only the wind speed/reading of wind-assisted mark reported, all others were regular-

>> March 13, 2012

In race walking, there is no doubt that Malaysian athletics has been the powerhouse in Southeast Asia, at least in the past five decades, but now the dominance seems at an end. Results of the Asian 20km Race Walking Championships 2012 recently at Nomi City, Japan really putting the fact and figure straight.

In the race, Malaysian and SEA Games gold medalist Lo Choon Sieng placed seventh in a time of 1:29:13s, nearly two minutes slower than his lifetime best 1:27:36s achieved at the same venue and meet in 2010. The race was won by China's Zhu Chondong (1:21:22). Vietnam's Nguyen Thanh Ngung, 21, finished ahead of Choon Sieng with a time of 1:27:57s (national record) and moving up to 4th position in SEA All-Time list, as below;

Meanwhile, a surprise that should not be surprising when the opposite category repeated the feat of men's category. Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc has becomes the second ever Southeast Asian to crack the 1:40:00 barrier in women 20km walk, she clocked a time of 1:35:13s, renewing her national record by more than 4 minutes, and proudly she bagged home the bronze medal. But more interesting she surpassed the qualification standard of 2012 Olympic Games in London. Yuan Yufang of Malaysia remains the fastest of Southeast Asia with 1:32:25 (2003). Malaysian Norliana Mohd Rusni, who has a personal record of 1:47:38s, place in seventh in 1:48:46s. Another Chinese walker, Ding Huiqin went to win the gold in 1:30:14s.

Just a reflection... high level athletes should not wasting time to stay and train in a place that less favorable and encouraging in terms of suitability in training ground, conditions, challengers and so on, like Southeast Asians. Should have moved away to other places (Europe, Japan, China?). All in all it's all boil down to development, coaching, good management, and highly systematic short an long terms plannings, as well as "exposure" of real race walk meeting as mentioned in a previous article at Thestar on race walking.

>> March 05, 2012

The 2012 edition of Malaysian University Athletics Championships (Kejohanan Olahraga MASUM 2012) was held on March 02-04, 2012 at Skudai, Johore. Note: hand-timed, regular wind reading at all events, major results are as follows:

Singapore Athletics (SAA) Track and Field Series 3 was held at Bishan Stadium (Singapore) on the 3rd & 4th of March 2012. All participants from Singapore except some guests from Malaysia and France as noted. Best results are as follows: